I have been stuck in the house for the better part of a week and late on Sunday the sun broke through the crappy light and gave me about an hour of golden evening light. My R5 was ready and waiting so I grabbed the camera bag and headed to the #empirestateplaza for some #abstract #photography. While I am normally a #filmphotographer I do own and use #digital from time to time. The #canon #R5 is new to me but it is growing on me.
Shoe Jenga
This is a small piece of old New York shot on Lenard St in NYC. The building in the background is known as the Jenga building. It is on the corner of Church and Lenard St a little north of The Oculus.
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Brutalist Abstract photograph taken at the Empire State Plaza Albany NY
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I am a fan of abstract art and I spend a fair amount of time looking for abstract composition in my photography. I personally gravitate toward their occurrence in an urban setting. I think it’s in my blood and comes from the fact that I have been stranded by it my whole life. I grew up with several paintings by my grandfather, who was trained in abstract painting at the “Art Students League” of NYC, in our house at any given time. Also spending time with my grandparents meant time looking at modern art and lots of. I am sure this has influenced a lot of my artistic eye and tastes. Todays image is an abstract image I created a little while ago
Abstraction #3
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in Image of the day, NYC
Todays image is another Holga shot. Radio City Music Hall is know throughout the world and its Art Deco signage is just as iconic. This shot is form the marquee coming from uptown toward where else but our favorite’ Van Leeuwen on 6th. As for Van Leeuwen, not that the Walmarts carries them some of the magic is gone.
Radio City Music Hall shot on Delta 400 using a Holga 120N
Quiet Spaces
When I am photo rambling the streets of New York I am intrigued by how many quiet spaces there are in the city. For a city of roughly 8.5 million people you would expect people to all over the place but that really isn’t the case. The time of day, day of the week, and season have a large bearing on the crowd size. If I recall correctly this image was taken in the early spring on Thursday. Unlike Arthur Dent I can get the hang of Thursdays. The seems to be filled with people just living their day to day life. Nothing remarkable just life in the city. This image was taken on Portra 400 and processed at home. I converted it to B&W to enhance the graphic quality of the buildings and the isolation of the figure in the lower left corner.
South Side of The Oculus New York
Liberty of the High Line
Todays image is a little different. I am largely a film shooter but I do own some nice digital equipment. Over the weekend I shot a volunteer job for a high school and I shot the job on my DSLR. I know that people can get pretty territorial about their equipment or process. For me personally it has always been about the process at the time. Personally I love the look and process of film, but there is no denying a DSLR is just a lot less costly and faster to shoot if you are doing everything yourself. So when I was looking for an image for today I looked through digital catalog. This image was from a a year ago. My wife and I were running into the city for dinner and the light was great so I grabbed my DSLR for some grab shots on the High Line.
The Highline Park NYC 2022
Atlas at the Rock
This image or Atlas at Rockefeller Center was taken on a my Holga 120N
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While I mostly consider myself an urban photographer the lines between street photography and urban photography overlap like they did here. I shot this in color and converted to B&W in post.
